Arrest T D man and accomplice in car theft grime
Two Chicago area men faced arrests after confessions tied to the murder of automobile salesmen Bernard J. Daugherty and Carl Ausmus. Leon Park, 24, retracted his confession claiming coercion while Harvey Church admitted aid from two accomplices, naming Park and Clarence Wilder. Walter remains in custody as investigators prepare for grand jury testimony.
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United Press
Shitago
Leon Park
Hartey Church
Bernard J. Daugherty
Carl Ausmus
Packard Motor Company
Sttorney
Charles Wharton
iBy
Associated Press
Chicago
B. J. Daugherty
Carl A. Ausmus
Harvey W. Church
Church
Leon Parks
Clarence Wilder
Parks
Walter
Daugherty
Ausbell
Weathier News
Parkand Wilder
Ontit Church
D. Otsphurch
Ausmus
eSaug & Grave
Parksend
Des Plaines River
60 000 Rail Workers to Meet in Chicago for Wage Talks
Sixty thousand railroad employees will gather in Chicago on Sunday to discuss wage difficulties. Bert M. Jangell, president of the AFL railroad department, announced the meeting. Jewell, slated to address, did not disclose his speech topic. The meeting follows nationwide votes against the wage proposal that took effect July.
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Chicago
United Press
Thon- Rand
Bert M. Jangell
American Federation of Labor
Jewell
Johnston and Richards reach final in tennis clash
Johnston came from behind after Richards won the first two sets to win three consecutive sets at the national tennis championships in Yonkers. In Philadelphia Mrs. Molla Mallory, the defending women’s champion, defeated Mrs. Gilbert Harvey in straight sets 6-0 to advance in the women’s middle states lawn tennis event. Eleanor Sears of Boston beat Sauer of Harrisburg to move into the next round.
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United Press
Santana Cricket Club
Phila
William MM. Francisco
Yonkers
Johnston
Ater Richards
Mallory
Philadelphia
Molla
Gilbert Harvey
Eleanor Sears
Boston
Sightless Harvard Graduate to Teach Blind in Far East
Boston report describes Robert Pruitt, blind since age ten after a head injury in the American Mission Compound at Hwangheten, Shuotug Province. He earned a Harvard BA recently and plans to return to China to establish a school for the blind in connection with the Chinese College at Hwangbkslee. His parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Pruitt, long stationed in Hwaaghsien, are from Youngstown Ohio.
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Boston
Mass
Robert Pruitt
Atricken
Hwangheten
Shuotug
Province
Harvard
Pruitty
China
Hwangbkslee
C. W. Pruitt, Ormerly
Youngstown, O
Hwaaghsien
Action unlikely on Vet Bureau speech claims
Dr Haven Emerson medical adviser to the veterans bureau charged politics dominates the bureau in a speech before the Mississippi Valley tuberculosis conference. Emerson resigned effective Sept 15 and criticized the replacement of scientific medical men by tradesmen. The conference at ML Vernon Vermon Sanatorium will debate artificial pneumothorses as a tuberculosis treatment.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Haven Emerson
Veterans’ Bureau
Washington
Emerson
Mississippi Valley Sanitorium Association
ML Vernon, G
Arbuckle case witness found guilty of perjury
The article recounts Roscoe Arbuckle’s career from a beach barker to a performer and the 1908 marriage to Mints Durfee. It notes the Motion Picture Owners' Association withdrawing films featuring Arbuckle amid the Virginia Rappe case and Durfee’s pledge to stand by him, with her plans to join him in California.
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Arbuckle
Long Beech
Pike
Mints Durfee
Los Angeles
Motion Picture Owners’ Association of Southern California
Roscoe J. Arbuckle
Virginia Rappe
Glenn Harper
Mary Gordon Arbuckle
Santa Ana
Arbuckie
United Press
New York
Minia Durfee
Rescos Arbuckle
San Francisco
Stick
Blue Law Champion Seeks Senate Nomination in Tennessee
Noah W. Cooper, famed for Sunday blue laws, announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for United States senator from Tennessee. Berlin strike related to electrical service disruption was settled today after a Monday tie up of city power.
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The
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Noah W. Cooper
Blue Law
United States
Tennessee
Berlin
Releces
Waterloo council blocks Virden creek drain job
Waterloo Iowa officials tentatively rejected a collective protest against the Virden creek sewer project after examining petitions with 209 signers. The resolution of necessity to pay street improvements passed amid protests by abutting property owners. Also approved were two extra motor buses for service between Waterloo and Cedar Falls, while dump grounds sales were debated and referred to a committee.
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Waterloo
Virden Creek Stort
Greater Waterloo Association
Central Labor Union
N. W. Frisbie
Frisbie
Virden Creek
W.E. Ogle
Greater Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Motor Bus Company
East
First National Bank
Gnagy
Eightey
Ralph B. Slippy
Campbell Avenue
Kingsley Avenue
Sixth Street
Jefferson Street
Brrant
Westfield Avenue
Ballou Street
Forest Avenue
Cottages Grove
Oliver
Dearborn
W. Koepke
Ruth Robinson
Miss Robinson
Arbuckle Arrest Headlines Sweep London Papers
London newspapers lead with the arrest of Roscoe Arbuckle in San Francisco. Images of the comedian adorn many front pages and sensational headlines dominate, though editorials stay silent on the matter.
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United Press
Venton
Roscoe Arbuckle
San Francisco
London Vnewspaters
Highways and Weather Summary for Iowa Minnesota Regions
Weather bulletin notes scattered light showers in western and central counties. Highways in good condition across the area. Cities listed include Albert Lea Algona Davenport Des Moines Dubuque Mason City Marshall New Hampton Postville Waterloo and Waverly among others. Temperature readings and regional alerts indicated for the day.
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Agricultura
Weather Bureau
Mharkes City
Albert Lea
Minn
Algona Charles
Dar Rapid
Davenport
Des Dubuque
Farntaud
le Wis
Mason City
Marshall
Town
New Hampton
Postville
Waterloo
Waverly
West
Chaplin In Drag Attends Fight Undetected at Covent Garden
Charity Chaplin delighted Londoners by disguising himself as a woman and attending the Beckett-McCormick fight at Covent Garden last night. The show offered 100 pounds to the first to identify the comedian, but Charlie remained unrecognized.
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London
Chaplin
Covent Garden Opera House
Charlie
Fatty Arbuckle Quoted Out of Local Theatres
Fatty Arbuckle films pulled from the Strand and other Diebold houses after manager Charles McGuire announces no Arbuckle pictures will be shown unless he is exonerated. The Great Love replaces Traveling Salesman. others cancel in Cedar Rapids Des Moines and Omaha circuits. Cedar Falls also bars films until charges are cleared.
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Roscoe
Fatty
Arbuckle
Strand
Diebold Amusement Company
McGuire
Virginia Rappe
Telegraph
Arbuckiz
Hostetler
Walter F. Davis
Crystal Theatre
Hostetler Amusement Company
the Crystal
Omaha
Neb
Los Angeles
Cal
A. H. Refshauge
Allies Ask Turks to Surrender Revolt Leaders in Constantinople
Allied authorities in Constantinople urged the Turkish government to surrender the men behind a revolutionary plot discovered yesterday. The conspirators face trial by an armed court martial. British troops guard headquarters as Gordon Highlanders raid nationalist premises and ships direct fire at Stamboul while troops disarm the population.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Gordon Highlanders
Golden Horn
Bosphorus
Stamboul
Waterworks Talk Details Waterloo System History
G E Shoe maker, secretary and general manager of the waterworks, spoke to the Kiwanis at Black's Tearoom about Waterloo's water system. He outlined the shift from private ownership to a municipally run plant, noted drilling efforts and expansion plans, and revealed that yearly net earnings of the system amount to $40 used for plant construction and repairs.
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Waterloo
G. EL Shoemaker
iRiwanis Club
Black's Tearoom
Shoefaker
New York Women Play Key Role in Republican Primary
Women voters in New York participate in the mayoral primary for the first time with four Republican contenders vying for the nomination to face Mayor John F. Hylan. The field includes Henry Curran T H LaGuardia Reuben L Haskell and William M Bennett. party tensions and anti machine sentiments frame the race as voters seek an outcome amid concerns over repetition and irregularities at the polls.
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Associated Prose
New York
John F. Hylan
Meryor
Henry Curran
Borough of
Manhattan
T. H. LaGuardia
Board of Aldermen
Reuben L. Haskell
Brooklyn
William M. Bennett
Brookyn
LaGuardia
Miller
Haskell
Bennett
John J. Hop Ber
City Register
Helen Varick Boswell
Annie Matthews
Hopper
New Jersey
County Tax Levy Halted to Await Railway Decision
Black Hawk county board postpones adjournment pending federal court ruling on railroad property valuation. Judge Wade and two associates hear case in Des Moines. Roads seek injunction against levying tax on increased valuations. Board approves $1000 to Cedar Valley fair for premiums next year.
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Black Hawk
Lansing to Advise Chinese Delegation at Disarming Meet
Washington dispatch reports former Secretary of State Robert Lansing will advise Chinese representatives at the Washington disarmament and Far East conference. Sze, the Chinese minister, said Lansing acts in an advisory capacity and has served as American counsel at the Chinese legation for months.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Robert Lansing
Wilson
Sze
Lansing
Canadians Seek New Cattle Market
Winnipeg manitoba Sept 13 United Grain Growers Ltd plans an export cattle company to cope with likely U S market closures. A cooperative shipping department will pool cattle for shippers this fall, modeled after the 1919 Canadian wheat board system.
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Associated Press
Winnipeg
Man
United States
United Grain Growers, Ltd
Canadian Wheat Board
Webb Resigns as Organist at Strand Theatre
L A Webb resigns as organist at the Strand after five months in the post to seek a higher opportunity in Chicago. His term ends Saturday alongside manager Charles McGuire who retires for Pain Beach Florida. Webb, a highly regarded western organist, earned praise for his high character programs. successor and new manager unnamed by Diebolt Advertisement Company.
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L. A. Webb
Strand Theatre
Chicago
Charles McGuire
Pain Beach
Fla
Prof. Webb
West
Webb
Diebolt Auvisement Company
Efforts Alleged to Discredit 3 Percent Immigration Law
Secretary Davis says pressure to discredit the 3 percent immigration law comes from dishonest steamship lines and public stories of hardship. He warns such attacks could lead to Congress cutting off immigration. A conference on immigration is planned with key officials including Secretary Davis, Senator Calder, and Representative Siegel.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Davis
Congress
Harding
Siegel
New York
Secretary of Labor
Department
Calder
Henning
Theodore Risley
Labor Department
W. W. Husband
Immigration
Committee Votes to Delay Repeal of Excess Profits Tax
Washington DC Sept 13 The senate finance committee approved repeal of the excess profits tax effective next Jan 1 and accepted Secretary Melton’s recommendation to repeal the capital stock tax as of 1922 The house tax rate for stock tax was raised to 1242 percent The panel rejected exempting presidential and federal judge salaries from taxation and moving the first $500 of investment income from building and loan associations The committee favored keeping taxes on express shipments and oil by pipelines while considering restoring other transportation taxes at half current rates depending on government savings report
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Associated Press
Washington
Melton
Senate Finance Committee
House
Prisoners Shot in Escape Attempt at Missouri Penitentiary
Jefferson City Mo Sept 13 Four Missouri state penitentiary convicts led a wild escape attempt in which three Kansas City prisoners were involved. Guards were beaten or threatened as the men tried to dash through opened gates to a coal train. Shots were fired and all four were recaptured with Dick Kennedy 42 wounded seriously.
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United Press
Jefferson City
Kansas City
Missouri State Penitentiary
Dick Kennedy
Londonderry Seeks Ties With Southern Ireland
Officials of Londonderry urged Eamonn De Valera to align the city with southern Ireland arguing local business links favor County Donegal and the southern area. A South Armagh delegation planned to protest inclusion in the northern parliament asserting nationalist strength in the region.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Londonderry
Southern
Northern Ireland
Eamonn de Valera
Ulster Parliament
County Donegal
Lon- Gonderry
South Armagh
Piace
Coal Operators Seek Delay of Mingo Mine War Probe
West Virginia coal interests asked the Senate labor committee to postpone hearings on the Mingo Mine war until murder trials linked to the conflict are finished. The committee plans to meet to decide whether to proceed with the Williamson hearings set to begin next Monday.
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United Press
Washington, D.C
West Virginia
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Williamson
W. Va
Woman narrowly escapes death when car falls in creek
Mrs. Ida Hinde of Epworth Iowa escaped serious injury and possible death when her car turned over and rolled into a creek pinning her head under water. Help arrived quickly leaving her badly bruised and in serious condition from the shock.
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Associated Press
Dubuque
Ida , Hinde
Epworth
Methodist meeting weighs school unification in Mount Pleasant
In Mount Pleasant Iowa on September 13 delegates of the Town conference discuss merging the local church with the Des Moines conference. The proposal to close Iowa Wesleyan and Simpson colleges and open a large Methodist school in Des Moines is debated. A special committee was named to confer with Des Moines and report next year. Minister appointments were made with no changes to last year’s clergy roster.
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Associated Press
Mount Pleasant
Towa
Des Moines
Methodist Episcopal Church
Iowa Wesleyan
Simpson
Shooting Follows All Night Party in Trinidad
Trinidad Colorado September 13 Ray Stowe a prominent local businessman and Elks lodge head was fatally wounded or seriously injured by Walter Hawi of Pueblo. Police say Stowe Hawi and several women were out all night quarrel over an alleged insult to a woman. Hawl fired with a derringer after chasing Stowe around a car.
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United Press
Trinidad
Colo
Ray Stowe
Elks Lodge
Walter Hawi
Pueblo
Stowe
Hawl
New York Dope King Captured in Omaha
Paul Maseliko, reputed New York dope king, was arrested in Omaha after detectives raided his brother John Maseliko’s home and seized morphine valued at $10,000 from a suitcase. A girl allegedly hurled two knives at officers during the confrontation and Maseliko offered $20 for his release.
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Unitea Press
Omaha
Neb
Paul Maseliko
Wharf
Ope Jking
New York
John Maseliko
Maseliko
Gary and Gerard Attend Mexican Centennial in Mexico City
In Mexico City, Ribert H Gary, chairman of United States Steel, and James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, with a party, were due to arrive in two cars for the Mexican centennial celebration. Their train had been delayed 24 hours crossing the frontier.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Ribert H Gary
United States Steal Corporation
Germany
Gary
Gerard
Mob in Calicut District Loots Office After Attack
A mob of about 1000 from Maunarghat attacked Palghat police station aiming to kill a subinspector and seven constables. The force escaped to Oilapalam as the crowd looted the registrar’s office and set records on fire. Earlier a mob burned valuables in Nilambur using kerosene.
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Associated Press
Calicut
British India
Maunarghat
Palghat
Twe
Oilapalam
Tegistrar
Nilambur
Bombs Fired at Seoul Governor in Korean Office Attack
A bombing in Seoul Korea targeted the governor Saito at the economy ministry building. No casualties were reported though one device detonated, causing heavy damage to the structure. Officials label it an assassination attempt.
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United Press
Tokio
Twao
Erninent
Seoul
Korea
Saito
Real Estate Firm Cuts Rent of House in Middletown
A local real estate company announced a $5 monthly rent reduction on 60 houses in Middletown to meet wage adjustments made by local industries. Officials said the move aims to ease housing costs for workers amid economic changes.
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Associated Press
Middletown
Th Company
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